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A year ago, Derby County supporters were just coming to terms with the fact that ownership of the club had recently been acquired by General Sports and Entertainment, the American company chaired by Andrew Appleby. This week Tom Glick, Derby County's President and Chief Executive Officer, spoke to RamsTrust about what attracted GSE to Derby, and what their aspirations are for the future.

Derby recently demonstrated ambitious schemes to World Cup representatives; if successful, Derby County’s owners would achieve their dream of producing a global sporting ‘brand’. It is estimated that the tournament could bring £200m to the region, as the commercial and sporting benefits would extend far beyond the football club.

At the recent Chelsea v West Ham game it was apparent that many of the fans had reached the end of their tether with Luiz Felipe Scolari. Chants and boos were supplemented with placards demanding his head following Chelsea's poor run of form. Almost inevitably, Scolari has paid the price and Roman Abramovich is looking for another manager. Is this a case of fan power?

We learnt last week that Nigel Clough has removed all the so-called ‘inspirational quotes’ from the walls of Moor Farm citing, among other reasons that ‘most footballers can’t read anyway’. It’s perhaps just as well that Charles N’Zogbia is not a Derby player because he would have taken offence at that for sure!).